mo4ch:>Air fatalities surge in 2018 after 6 big passenger plane crashes | Mo4ch News

While total flights increased by about 1 million, last year saw 556 aviation related deaths compared to only 44 the year before.Airline safety took a plunge last year, particularly compared to 2017’s numbers, according to statistics published by the Aviation Safety Network. While 2018 saw only five more fatal accidents than 2017, the 15 crashes included six large passenger planes which dramatically increased the total number of dead.Despite how bad the numbers look at first glance, 2018 was actually a relatively safe year for air travel by several metrics. With the ASN estimating 37.8 million flights globally in 2018, the number of crashes is relatively low (around 1 in 2,520,000), particularly if we compare beyond the last five years which have all seen very low numbers. In 2014, for instance, there were 21 crashes resulting in 990 deaths, and the numbers were mostly higher going back through the years.Aviation Safety Network CEO Harro Ranter commented on this fact saying “if the acc…